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Louis Warlaw Miles

TAPS

Fading light dims the sight,
And a star gems the sky,
Gleaming bright.
From afar drawing nigh,
Falls the night.

Day is done, gone the sun,
From the lake, From the hills,
From the sky.
All is well, safely rest,
God is nigh.

Then good night, Peaceful night,
Till the light of the dawn
Shineth bright,
God is near, do not fear,
Friend, good night.

Green Mountain Cemetery

Born:March 23, 1873 at Baltimore, MD

Entered
Service in the US Army from Princeton, NJ

Earned The Medal of Honor During World War I For heroism
September 14, 1918 at Revillon,
France

Died:June
27, 1944 at the age of 71

Captain Miles
earned the Medal of Honor for heroism near Revillon, France,
during intense assaults upon enemy positions. He volunteered to
lead his company in a hazardous attack on a commanding trench
position near the Aisne Canal, which other troops had previously
attempted to take without success. His company immediately met
with intense machinegun fire, against which it had no artillery
assistance, but Captain Miles preceded the first wave and
assisted in cutting a passage through the enemy's wire
entanglements. In so doing he was wounded five times by
machinegun bullets, both legs and one arm being fractured,
whereupon he ordered himself placed on a stretcher and had
himself carried forward to the enemy trench in order that he
might encourage and direct his company, which by this time had
suffered numerous casualties. Under the inspiration of Captain
Mile's indomitable spirit his men held the hostile position and
consolidated the front line after an action lasting two hours,
at the conclusion of which Captain Miles was carried to the aid
station against his will.